COSMOS 2251 DEB

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Satellite Type and Status

DEBRISIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB at a glance.

Uptime

11772

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.9

Per day

Orbit

LEO

Low Earth Orbit

Inclination

74.0

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for COSMOS 2251 DEB.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? True

Object name: COSMOS 2251 DEB

International designator: 1993-036BRU

Object number (NORAD): 38062

Object ID (CCSDS): 38062

Country: COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES (CIS)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 96.706 minutes

Inclination: 74.01 deg

SMA: 6979.059 km

Apoapsis: 614.175 km

Periapsis: 587.674 km

RAAN: 131.0232 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00189864

Argument of periapsis: 277.0695 deg

Mean anomaly: 96.8257 deg

Mean motion: 14.89043627 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.0002305 rev/day²

B* drag term: 0.0024346104 1/R_Earth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 4, 2025, 4:29 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:37 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 COSMOS 2251 DEB

TLE line 1: 1 38062U 93036BRU 25246.94272836 .00023050 00000-0 24346-2 0 9991

TLE line 2: 2 38062 74.0100 131.0232 0018986 277.0695 96.8257 14.89043627615422

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite COSMOS 2251 DEB.

In-orbit conjunctions

A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object COSMOS 2251 DEB.

Target	Orbit	TCA	Probability of collision	Miss distance	Type
DUMMY MASS 2	LEO	2025-07-18 20:45:10	0.0001879837	466.0 (m)	PAYLOAD
TIROS 8	LEO	2024-11-03 13:16:14	0.0001737071	657.0 (m)	PAYLOAD

Associated space launch

Military communications satellite. Destroyed in a collision with Iridium 33.

COSMOS 2251 DEB was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.

The launch took place on June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).

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Kosmos-3M | Strela-2M 51

Agency: N/A

Status: Launch Successful

Launch date: June 16, 1993, 4:17 a.m. UTC

Rocket: Kosmos-3M

Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)

Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation

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